"Forewarned"
"Environmental reporters are often the town criers on looming disasters. Sometimes we listen. Often we don't."
Source: Ensia, 03/01/2017
Journalism & Media
"‘Shell Knew’: Oil Giant's 1991 Film Warned Of Climate Change Danger"
"Public information film unseen for years shows Shell had clear grasp of global warming 26 years ago but has not acted accordingly since, say critics".
Source: Guardian, 02/28/2017
"EPA Removes Mentions of 'Climate Change' in Water Utilities Program"
"Agency changed ‘Climate Ready’ to ‘Resilient’ from the title and webpage before Trump took office, in possible anticipation of coming chill from the administration."
Source: InsideClimate News, 02/28/2017
Okla. AG's Office Confirms Pruitt Used Private Email For State Business
"The Oklahoma Attorney General’s Office confirms former Attorney General Scott Pruitt used a private email for state business. The information comes a week after FOX 25 first revealed the emails that appeared to be sent from Pruitt’s private email account."
Source: KOKH, 02/27/2017
SEJ Objects to Non-Public FERC Comment Meeting Format
In the face of rising protests from anti-fracking and anti-pipeline activists, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has adopted a format for some meetings that prevents the press from covering public comment in real time. The Society of Environmental Journalists has expressed concern to FERC about this practice, which also prevents the public from engaging in dialogue. The text of SEJ's Feb. 23, 2017 letter is here.
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Climate Scientists Face Threats And Fears Of 'Mccarthyist Attacks'
"A little less than seven years ago, the climate scientist Michael Mann ambled into his office at Penn State University with a wedge of mail tucked under his arm. As he tore into one of the envelopes, which was hand-addressed to him, white powder tumbled from the folds of the letter. Mann recoiled from the grainy plume and rushed to the bathroom to scrub his hands."
Source: Guardian, 02/23/2017
News Media Hamstrung at FERC “Listening Session.” SEJ Objects.
FERC’s calendar listed it as a “public comment meeting.” Later, FERC said it wasn’t a public meeting, but a “listening session” to which the public was invited. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission regulates things like interstate pipelines and powerlines, and has been no stranger to controversy in recent years. In Wilson, N.C., the night of February 14, 2017, FERC officials would not allow the news media to work inside the auditorium where a “public” listening session was being held. The Society of Environmental Journalists today wrote FERC expressing concern about the procedure.
Source: SEJ, 02/23/2017
"Deadline Looms For Dakota Access Pipeline Protest Camp"
"As dawn breaks over an encampment that was once home to thousands of people protesting the Dakota Access oil pipeline, a few hundred holdouts rise for another day of resistance."
Source: AP, 02/22/2017
"EPA Head's Emails With Energy Companies To Be Released"
"The Oklahoma attorney general's office says it has complied with a judge's order to surrender documents related to new Environmental Protection Agency leader Scott Pruitt's communications with energy companies."
Source: AP, 02/22/2017
As Fight Flares Over Public Lands, Summoning Power of Past Bond
Bobby Magill, in his most recent SEJ President's Report, recalls his time traversing federal wilderness areas that are now increasingly the subject of dispute. How are they to be used? Who is to hold them? Will these vast Western lands remain in the public domain? And what is the role of journalists in covering this story?
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